Thursday, February 11, 2010

I am one of those people that always has a brain full of plans and ideas! There are a list of projects a mile long that I really really want to do...the only problem with that is that I also have a problem with follow through. So last week when I posted all of my "plans" for valentines day projects I looked at them all and thought: "Oh boy...I have a lot to do!" So this week I have been mostly busy with following through. It may sound lame to ya'll, but to me it is huge! I didn't get it all done, but I did A LOT!!

I found this idea last week and my kids are putting them together for their teachers. It is just a sucker covered in a black napkin. The pattern is HERE and HERE from Skip to My Lou.

So now onto the follow through. I spent most of Tuesday learning how to make my mom's yummy cinnamon rolls so that I could make heart shaped ones for Sunday. It was so fun and they turned out great! Then Wednesday my friend was interested in learning and making some also...so we spent most of yesterday morning/early afternoon making them. I now have a bunch frozen and ready for weeks of yummy goodness!

This is how you roll your dough to get the top of the heart shape! Normally you just roll straight across!

It was quite the operation!

Aren't these just the cutest ever!??!! I love how they turned out. Once in the pan you just pinch the bottom to finish the heart look!

Here is the follow through on the flower valentines for my little girl! They were super easy and came together in a snap!

So there you have it! No huge new craft or ideas this week...just a lot of accomplishing what I set out to do...and BOY does it feel GOOD!!

I was inspired by your post, and Kim's suggestion at Party Frosting, to make them out of store bought cinnamon rolls. Check out how they turned out at http://www.lifeisaparty.ca/?p=2024Thanks for the inspiration!

What a neat idea - heart cinnamon rolls! I featured it in my Valentine Round up this past Wednesday...http://estherscardcreations.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentine-round-up.htmlThanks so much for sharing!

I showed my 7 yr old daughter a million Valentine's and she picked your flowers! Do you have any tips? Looks like you printed the 'Happy V-day'. How did you do that? Did you cute them individually? Thanks for the fab ideas!

I fell in love with the cinnamon rolls when I saw them! I recreated them using refrigerated rolls instead and added red dye to half of the icing to give them some color. My daughter is allergic to red dye #40, most commonly used, so it was a real treat to make a special red Valentine goodie for her!

I blogged mine, linking back to yours and thought you might be interested in seeing how mine turned out.

Thanks for sharing your tutorial on making these adorable heart shaped cinnamon rolls. It is one of the items featured in my blot post on Valentine's breakfasts. Staceyhttp://iwanttomakethis.com/2012/02/breakfast-for-your-valentine.html

Thanks for the great idea! I did this over the weekend with store bought rolls (shame, I know!) If you'd like to check it out, here is a link to my post (with a link back to you of course!): http://bit.ly/wrMudP

hey! Heads up! I gave you credit and linked to your page for my cinnamon buns this morning that I blogged about on The Homeless Finch. Pinned it...and went back today and made a shortened version of it. Thanks for inspiration!:)

Could you possibly send the recipe for the cinnamon rolls or is it a family secret? If so thanks in advance!! These are the cutest! I have some Pillsbury rolls in the fridge but I am sure homemade would be even better

Could you possibly send the recipe for the cinnamon rolls or is it a family secret? If so thanks in advance!! These are the cutest! I have some Pillsbury rolls in the fridge but I am sure homemade would be even better